R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets
How the sounds work (The r changes the vowel): Spot the vowel + r: ar, or, er, ir or ur. Read it as one sound: c-ar, f-or-k. er, ir and ur sound the same, so learn which spelling each word uses: bird, turtle, tiger.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 2.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 3.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) car
- 5.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 6.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 7.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
- 8.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 9.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) circus
- 11.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 12.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 13.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 14.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 15.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) dart (c) burger
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) car (c) third
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) girl (c) corn
- 19.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 20.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) guitar
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) jar (c) popcorn
- 23.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guiter (c) guitar
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) girl (c) ladder
- 25.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 26.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) spider (c) corn
- 28.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) computer (c) corn
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) turkey
- 31.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 32.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 33.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) circle (c) purple
- 35.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 36.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 37.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jor (c) jar
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) flower (c) purple
- 39.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 40.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- or
- bird
- or
- car
- ar
- tiger
- unicorn
- circus
- ur
- fork
- girl
- yarn
- or
- ur
- ur
- dart
- third
- girl
- or
- spider
- corn
- jar
- guitar
- yarn
- third
- ar
- spider
- burger
- circus
- turkey
- ar
- ar
- ir
- purple
- ur
- ar
- jar
- flower
- or
- ar
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